I decided to come up with this topic because of an experience i had yesterday and i decided to bring it here for clarity sake and to see some people's view about it.
There is this notion the society placed on those who gamble or who play all sorts of games ,be it casino,bet9ja,R/S lotto, what, snooker and many others. They often see them as those who don't have what to do ,or caliber of individuals who are jobless, a set of people who are not well trained by their parents and many more other names they call them.
i sincerely came up with this topic to find out why they have such views on individuals who voluntarily went to the betting shop to gamble either to win and make a difference or to lose and remain the same way. This idea actually started when i saw a pastor playing bet9ja after a brief evangelism and one elderly woman made a side comment ( That even man of GOD also play gamble) .
however, my question here now is : is gambling restricted to some certain kind of individuals or class? or is there any stratification when it comes to playing gambling ?please your opinions here will actually quench my curiosity.
Should we blame those who are blaming them? Because I don't see this as a bad thing, many gamblers don't know what they are doing, seeing is believing right? Many people have seen gamblers that useless themselves, this is why they believe that most gamblers are unserious set of people.
And it's true, gamblers that are jobless aren't suppose to be risking any money on gambling, yet many of them will still visit such locations, they are trying to solve a fire outbreak problem with fire, how will it work? A gambler who knows what he is doing must first have a job, get serious with is business, and take good care of his home.
When he feels like trying his luck, he must use very small amount from the money he made to take risks in gambling, many people have lost their homes because of gambling, they risked too much on gambling until it start to affect their own family, if this is getting common in a country, people will start to hate gamblers, and I don't blame such people, because gamblers mostly don't know how to be responsible about it.